The success of the College’s learners is displayed in many ways, some of which are most meaningful to learners themselves. However, external recognition of excellent standards is always a welcome benchmark.
Awards over the 2007/08 session have been many but include:
- 20 Winners at Trades House - in areas including Food and Hospitality ; a wide range of art, design and craft, photography, New media, fine book binding, stonemasonry
- 6 HND Photography students were shortlisted in the Association of Photographers annual competition, the most prestigious professional photography competition in the UK
- A Bookbinding student won the annual National Library of Scotland Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2007
- PDA Photography students were awarded £3,000 through National Lottery to enable them to hold three Photography exhibitions in Glasgow in June 2008 and develop a web portfolio to promote their work
- Two printing apprentices were awarded runner-up high commendation certificates at the inaugural Proskills 2007 Apprentice of the year ceremony held at the Belfry, Birmingham
- Two projects Commended in Design and Advertising Design Awards - UK wide
- Graphics student group won Competition for Logo design for Glasgow College Literacies Network
- Scottish Licensed Trade News Design Competition
- Fair Trade - NQ Project - invited to Scottish Parliament to exhibit at the international launch of Fair Trade Week. The Lord Provost also visited Florence St. to meet participating students
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Another success involved pupils from Glasgow’s Sandaig and St. Stephen’s primary schools. These pupils successfully completed a design for print course, which resulted in the production of posters, calendars and magazines promoting diversity and friendship.
View the College’s learning & teaching performance indicators for 2007/08.
These indicators reflect those used and published by the Scottish Funding Council for each college in Scotland’s further education sector.